The dictionary definition of the word “illegitimate” is “unlawful,” “illegal,” or “beyond the custom or law.”

“I believe that the whole process has been illegitimate,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week of President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Former presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren echoed his feelings: “We need to treat this nomination like the illegitimate power grab [that] it is.”

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